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1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
1941100154865Grosset & Dunlap 1941 in8. 1941. Cartonné jaquette. Le roman se déroule à la Nouvelle-Orléans juste après la reddition de la ville aux troupes yankees pendant la guerre de Sécession. Il explore la transgression et le désir mettant en scène des femmes qui parviennent mieux que les hommes à gérer leurs pulsions
198023900CBZürich, Tanner + Staehelin, 1980. 8°, 103 S. mit s/w-Abbildungen und Karten, illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe, 1. - 4. Tsd. schönes, sauberes Exemplar
112 pages. Features: Pope John XXIII - Gentle Shepherd of a Revolution; Amazing two-page Westinghouse photo ad features the world's biggest mobile land machine (an excavator); United States Lines color-photo ad features Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince, Sr., Miss Robin Underwood of Amarillo, Texas, Mr. Jerry Crabs of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bennett and family, of Staten Island, New York; Color Bulova watch ad; One-page color-photo ad for the Rambler Classic station wagon (red); Photo-illustrated civil rights coverage; The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi; Firestone ad features photo of racer Parnelli Jones; Two-page Firestone ad features black and white photos of 40 Indy 500 winners - their names, cars and avg. speed; Nice color-photo Cadillac ad features an enormous limo and a gigantic 2-door convertible; "Look After Germany First"; Kenya - from Mau Mau to Prime Minister; Cars of Tomorrow - As Detroit Dreams - illustrated article; Fear of Free Markets, by Henry Hazlitt; Color-photo ad for OMC boats features speeding boat with brass band playing!; The Case for Yale Law School; Nice color-photo ad for Air France features Robert & Vera Ransom of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
19979884Augsburg: Weltbild/ Bechtermünz Verlag, 1997. Lizenzausgabe 394 Seiten , 20 cm, Pappeinband
145991320 broché -13x20 - 445 pp - année 1978 - éditions HACHETTE , Paris .
185632182Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird 1856. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 1 133 pages 1 page blank 1 24 pages of publisher advertisements. Illustrated with 4 plates consisting of multiple figures. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers with blind stamped decorations and gilt title inside a circle on the front cover. Cloth binding is very worn with chipped spine and corners. Back cover is mostly detached. Light damp stains to the front and rear end papers. A small upper corner tear to the right front flyleaf. Interior contents in good condition with occasional light foxing. <br /> <br /> Previous owner of this book was David Wight a California pioneer and founder of the California Iron Works. His inscription - "David Wight Vallejo California 1863" is written on the front paste down. A later owners stamped address on the right front flyleaf. A fair copy only. Henry Carey Baird hardcover
20156Paris Editions André Bonne 1984 in 8 (23x15) 1 volume broché, couverture illustrée, 275 pages [4], avec des illustrations hors-texte en noir et blanc (carte, plan.). Collection Grand documentaire illustré. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
M10915P, Gallimard, 1942, in8br , 270pp , illustrations. S P . Ex libris , signature ,petite déchirure sur la couverture. Langue: Français
1017820333.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1017815453.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1024718867.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1019689404.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
182263107Columbia MS 1822. Oblong folio 7 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches. Partly printed broadside document headlined "The State of Mississippi / To all who shall see these presents greeting / followed by 14 printed lines with spaces left for appropriate material to be entered by manuscript in this case appointees name and position place of execution date and officials' signatures. Leake a native of Virginia served in the Revolutionary War and in the state legislature moving to the Mississippi Territory in 1807 when appointed judge by Thomas Jefferson; following Mississippi's admission to statehood he was appointed one of its first two senators taking a seat of the state's supreme court following his resignation from the senate in 1820 and was elected governor in 1821 assuming office in January 1822. During his two terms Leake oversaw the beginning of a major road system arranged for the transfer of land to support a state university and signed a law abolishing imprisonment for debt among other achievements. Grimball was the second Secretary of State for Mississippi serving 1821-1833. Columbia served as capital of Mississippi for a about 18 months 1821-1822 before Jackson became its permanent site. Somewhat browned but very good. Previously folded. A scarce early Mississippi state document. 9863. <br/><br/> unknown books
1961124221961 New York: Bonanza Books. 1961 A Fine copy in quarter pale grey cloth spine, black textured paper covered boards, in a Good dustwrapper Text accompanying photographs. A classic of the genre--photo+text essay. in4, reliure pleine toile grise sous jaquette illustrée
2487NEW YORK BONANZA BOOKS (1961),in 4 toile ed.,100 ill.ht commentées ,mention "new revised edition" sur la jacquette
63-4295Oxford MS: Larry W. DeBord 1991. Typed Letter Signed 8.5" x 5.5" Very Good.Provenance: Herb Yellin 1935-2014 was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century. Oxford, MS: Larry W. DeBord, 1991. unknown
1703PHO-2014À La Haye, Chez les Frères L'Honoré, 1703. 2 tomes en un volume in-12, veau, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre (reliure de l'époque) défauts d’usage. Rare édition de l'une des relations de voyage les plus importante pour l'histoire du Canada. - + 279 pp. & -- 220 + 8ff., Un frontispice et 24 planches ou cartes, certaines repliées, dont la « Carte Général de Canada ». Ex-libris manuscrit sur le titre. Première édition, troisième tirage.
1715PHO-1389A La Haye : chez les frères L'Honoré, & compagnies, 1715 2 volumes in-12° (163x100 mm). 9ff-280-2ff-222-9ff., illustré d’un frontispice et 1 planche (sur 23), avec un dictionnaire de la langue des Algonkins et quelques mots de Hurons , reliure refaite , dos conservé avec ses manque , plats en cuir noir, coloriage sur la planche, ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de garde .
19063Avignon (France), Editions A. Barthélemy, 1992. 25 x 27, 191 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en N/B, cartonnage d'édition illustré, très bon état.
19064Avignon (France, Editions A. Barthélemy, 1992. 25 x 27, 191 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en N/B, cartonnage d'édition illustré, bon état.
331 p. incl. front., plates. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
189840873N.P.: Sentinel and Gazette Steam Press 1851. 1898. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" in light peach wrappers though missing the front wrapper. 15 pp. Illustrations. Map. Although it eventually became a transcontinental railroad the railroad that became the Milwaukee Road began as the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad whose goal was to link the developing Lake Michigan port city of Milwaukee Wisconsin with the Mississippi River. The company incorporated in 1847 but changed its name to the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad in 1850 before construction began. A report to the Board of Directors explaining that the railroad is not completed to Waukesha as was expected and offering reasons for the delay in its completion. "Considering our small beginning only a little over one year ago - that we have relied solely on the resources of the people of Wisconsin for the means of prosecuting this enterprise - without seeking foreign aid - with only the small contributions of each of our thousand Stockholders and the credits based on the securities of our city and citizens we have in that time completed the grade of our Road for twenty and a half miles laid the Track and brought into actual use the half of that distance - and will have the whole completed and in successful operation by the middle of February next." Information on estimated and actual costs of the First Division extending the road from Milwaukee to Waukesha. It appears that actual costs far exceeded estimates "but that has been the result of peculiar circumstances under which the work has been performed and by the adoption of a rail of greater weight than that estimated." It was determined that the contractors to whom jobs had been given at lower costs were inexperienced and inefficient resulting in their work having to be re-done. Furthermore the delay was caused by some stockholders not promptly paying the small installment of only 5% every three months thus leaving a deficit. Also a bank in a marsh sunk and had to be built back up. Th cost of constructing the first twenty and 1/2 miles is only $9495 per mile. Report ends with the reassurance that the Road will be complete by February and if weather permits perhaps even earlier. 8 1/4" x 21 1/2" map of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail-Road. Map is neatly torn in half at one fold and has 1 1/2 - 2" closed tears to tops of a couple folds. Front wrapper missing along with 3" split to toe of spine and with light wear to the extremities. Sentinel and Gazette Steam Press, 1851]. unknown
(ca. 27,8 x 21,5 cm). 732 p. (English Language). Original boards (soft cover) with title to spine and illustrated title to front cover. Boards with low signs of use, otherwise well preserved. Generally in good condition. - - - ACHTUNG! Dieses Buch kann wegen seines Gewichts oder seiner Größe nur als PAKET verschickt werden. Innerhalb Deutschlands 5,80 Euro. (Portokosten ins Ausland bitte erfragen.) ATTENTION! Due to its weight or size this book can only be sent as a PARCEL. Within Germany 5,80 Euro (For shipment abroad please ask.)
1994x-0878057439Univ Pr of Mississippi 1994. Paperback. New. 340 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Univ Pr of Mississippi paperback
